Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Trick of the Day Contest Update

by Crazy Ivan


Just a quick update on the Trick of the Day Video Contest.  After reviewing this video with a panel of judges, we've determined that Gold hit 25 tricks clearly enough to count on his first entry video.  He has set the bar high by doing several of the toughest tricks on the list.  I was pretty shocked that he had things like the Kelly Slater and the Swashbuckler made it in so early in the jam.

Anyway, this puts Gold in a fortunate position.  He is the only person who has a video up (that has been sent to me anyway) so he automatically wins day 1.

Remember, the Oaxaca is going to whoever leads for the most days over the next 4 weeks.  Gold is already in the lead with this video:



If you want to kick him off the top of the mountain, all you need to do is get a video of you hitting more than 25 of the tricks on the list in this link.  Put it up on You-Tube and send the link to me at crazyivan@myachi.com or pm me on the Myachi Forum.

And congrats on an awesome video, Gold.  Way to set the bar high to begin with.

5 comments:

  1. He didn't hit the Kelly Slater, he pinched it between his index finger and thumb. Don't believe me?
    http://i52.tinypic.com/2e1hw8o.png

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  2. Crud, it automatically posted it when I pasted the link.

    Anyways, you can clearly see his thumb and index finger pinching the sack.


    DEBBIE DOWNER FTW XD

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  3. Yeah, our panel of judges was pretty split on that one. Of the (I believe) 31 tricks he does on the video, only 25 were deemed clear enough to count for the purposes of the video. Ultimately I think we did credit the Kelly Slater, though.

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  4. But wasn't the contest how many you can do without a drop, pinch, or other means of breaking the combo? So wouldn't that pinch right there void everything after that?

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  5. Yes, but it was the judgment of the panel that there was insufficient evidence of a pinch... Can't honestly say whether it nested or not. But yes, had we determined it was pinched it would have negated all tricks beyond that one.

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